FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2003 p.28
The just ending 2003 marketing year (January/December) domestic cereal availability is estimated at 8.97 million tonnes against total utilization requirements of about 10.5 million tonnes. Total cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 1.5 million tonnes. With commercial imports anticipated at 55 000 tonnes, food aid needs amount to 1.46 million tonnes, mostly wheat. As of end November, food aid pledges stood at 1.7 million tonnes of which 1.5 million tonnes had been delivered.
| CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003 MARKETING YEAR (January/December) | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse Grains | Total Cereals | |
| [ | thousand tonnes | ] | ||
| Previous year production (incl. paddy rice) | 1 596 | - | 8 040 | 9 636 |
| Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice) | 1 243 | - | 7 294 | 8 537 |
| Previous year imports | 330 | 25 | 35 | 390 |
| Previous five years average imports | 696 | 16 | 70 | 782 |
| 2003 Domestic Availability | 1 250 | - | 7 719 | 8 969 |
| 2002 Production (incl. paddy rice) | 1 250 | - | 7 449 | 8 699 |
| 2002 Production (incl. milled rice) | 1 250 | - | 7 449 | 8 699 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | - | 270 | 270 |
| 2003 Utilization | 2 650 | 15 | 7 824 | 10 489 |
| Food use | 2 125 | 15 | 6 984 | 9 124 |
| Non-food use | 125 | - | 820 | 945 |
| Exports or re-exports | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| Possible stock build up | 400 | - | - | 400 |
| 2003 Import Requirement | 1 400 | 15 | 105 | 1 520 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 40 | 15 | - | 55 |
| of which: received or contracted | 40 | 9 | - | 49 |
| Food aid needs | 1 360 | - | 105 | 1 465 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | 1 541 | 1 | 134 | 1 676 |
| of which: delivered | 1 358 | 1 | 102 | 1 461 |
| Donor-financed purchases | 125 | - | 92 | 217 |
| of which: for local use | 125 | - | 92 | 217 |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 31 | - | 101 | 132 |
| Indexes | [ | percentage | ] | |
| 2002 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | 101 | - | 102 | 102 |
| 2003 Import requirement compared to average | 201 | 94 | 150 | 194 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 68 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | maize; teff; barley; sorghum; wheat; pulses; enset (false banana) | |||
| Lean season | August-November | |||
| Population (000s) | 68 961 | |||
| GNP per capita in 2002 (US$) | 100 | |||